David Kocherhans, UtahMember Since March 2009Artist Statement "Photographic images of all things bright and beautiful."

My passion for photography comes from a powerful affection for the beauty of the natural world. I am continually amazed by nature’s unique ability to transform in a way that ordinary things can suddenly become extraordinary for a few moments with the infusion of a particular lighting, a droplet of water, a passing storm, a temperature extreme, a rising or setting sun, or a change of season. Even the most ordinary and mundane subjects in the natural world have a moment when there is some extraordinary beauty, and I love searching out and discovering those moments. Many of the subjects of my photos are not remarkable or majestic -- they are not the kind of thing for which you would stop the car. They are often an isolation of some ordinary subject in a remarkable moment of beauty.

Experiencing the natural beauties of this world is both spiritually healing and mentally rejuvenating to me. I hope you find similar inspiration through my work.